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Species in the genus Chitala: [ 9 ] records

blanci, Notopterus d'Aubenton [F.] 1965:261, Fig. 1 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 37 (no. 2); ref. 9269] Beng-Cha, upper Mekong River, northern Cambodia. Holotype: MNHN 1965-0280. Paratypes: MNHN 1965-0281 to 0284 (1, 1, 1, 1). •Valid as Chitala blanci (d'Aubenton 1965) -- (Roberts 1992:369 [ref. 20012], Rainboth 1996:55 [ref. 22772], Kottelat 1998:20 [ref. 23436], Kottelat 2001:25 [ref. 25780], Kottelat 2013:31 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2015:40 [ref. 33971], Taki et al. 2021:44 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Chitala blanci (d'Aubenton 1965). Notopteridae: Notopterinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Mekong basin and Xe Bangfai, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia. Habitat: freshwater.

borneensis, Notopterus Bleeker [P.] 1851:437 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 3); ref. 16897] Sambas, western Borneo, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.11.28.2. Bleeker specimens: NMV 46385 (1). •Valid as Notopterus borneensis Bleeker 1851 -- (Roberts 1989:24 [ref. 6439]). •Synonym of Chitala lopis (Bleeker 1851) -- (Roberts 1992:370 [ref. 20012], Kottelat & Lim 1996:228 [ref. 23210], Rainboth 1996:56 [ref. 22772]). •Valid as Chitala borneensis (Bleeker 1851) -- (Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:146 [ref. 28284], Parenti & Lim 2005:178 [ref. 28285], Kottelat 2013:31 [ref. 32989], Sulaiman et al. 2018:26 [ref. 35802], Wibowo et al. 2023:292 [ref. 40690]). Current status: Valid as Chitala borneensis (Bleeker 1851). Notopteridae: Notopterinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: western Borneo and central Sumatra (Indonesia). Habitat: freshwater.

buchanani, Notopterus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1848:148 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 21; ref. 1013] Unneeded new name for Mystus chitala Hamilton 1822. •Synonym of Chitala chitala (Hamilton 1822) -- (Roberts 1992:367 [ref. 20012], Kottelat 2013:31 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Chitala chitala (Hamilton 1822). Notopteridae: Notopterinae. Habitat: freshwater.

chitala, Mystus Hamilton [F.] 1822:236, 382 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Bengal and Bebar rivers, India. No types known. Hamilton's original, unpublished illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 134 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Notopterus chitala (Hamilton 1822) -- (Vu & Nguyen 1997:26 [ref. 26438], Chen 2002:289 [ref. 26587]). •Valid as Chitala chitala (Hamilton 1822) -- (Mirza 2003:2 [ref. 27265], Ataur Rahman 2003:260 [ref. 31338], Shrestha 2008:50[ref. 29923], Kottelat 2013:31 [ref. 32989], Bleher 2018:66 [ref. 36647], Kosygin et al. 2022:649 [ref. 40736], Chan et al. 2023:133 [ref. 40365], Jamandre 2023:172 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Chitala chitala (Hamilton 1822). Notopteridae: Notopterinae. Distribution: South Asia: Mahanadi and Ganga-Brahmaputra River basins, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Pakistan. Introduced in Hong Kong (China) and the Philippines. Habitat: freshwater.

hypselonotus, Notopterus Bleeker [P.] 1852:27 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (art. 7); ref. 16907] Musi River, Palembang, southeastern Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ?BMNH 1867.11.28.3. Also appeared in Bleeker 1852:604 [ref. 334], earliest not established. •Synonym of Chitala lopis (Bleeker 1852) -- (Roberts 1992:370 [ref. 20012]). •Valid as Chitala hypselonotus (Bleeker 1852) -- (Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:146-147 [ref. 28284], Kottelat 2013:32 [ref. 32989], Wibowo et al. 2023:292 [ref. 40690]). Current status: Valid as Chitala hypselonotus (Bleeker 1852). Notopteridae: Notopterinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: central Sumatra (Indonesia). Habitat: freshwater.

lopis, Notopterus Bleeker [P.] 1851:422 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 1 (no. 4); ref. 16891] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes and/or Bleeker specimens: ?BMNH 1867.22.28.5 (1), ?MNHN 0000-3609 (1), SMNS 10620 (1 syntype). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:272 [ref. 293], Fricke 1991:18 [ref. 13474], Fricke 2005:50 [ref. 29864]. Appeared first apparently without distinguishing features [not translated] in Bleeker 1845:510 [ref. 312] and spelled lopies; appeared in Bleeker 1850:12 [ref. 16883] without distinguishing features and spelled lopis. Probably dates to 1851 as above and spelled lopis. •Valid as Chitala lopis (Bleeker 1851) -- (Roberts 1992:370 [ref. 20012], Roberts 1993:14 [ref. 21799], Kottelat et al. 1993:4 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:56 [ref. 22772], Ng & Tan 1999:352 [ref. 24159], Kottelat 2001:26 [ref. 25780], Kottelat 2013:33 [ref. 32989], Ng et al. 2019:519 [ref. 36606] as aff. lopis, Taki et al. 2021:44 [ref. 39830], Musikasinthorn & Ngamtampong 2023:53 [ref. 40090], Wibowo et al. 2023:287 [ref. 40690]). Current status: Valid as Chitala lopis (Bleeker 1851). Notopteridae: Notopterinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Java, Sumatra and Borneo, Sundaland, and Mekong and Chao Phraya River basins (Laos, Thailand and Cambodia). Habitat: freshwater.

maculatus, Notopterus Valenciennes [A.] 1832:396, Pl. 5 (fig. 2) [Voyage aux Indes-Orientales; ref. 12986] Bengal. Lectotype: MNHN B-2193. •Synonym of Chitala chitala (Hamilton 1822) -- (Roberts 1992:367 [ref. 20012], Kottelat 2013:31 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Chitala chitala (Hamilton 1822). Notopteridae: Notopterinae. Habitat: freshwater.

maculosus, Notopterus Bleeker [P.] 1851:438 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 3); ref. 16897] Sambas, western Borneo, Indonesia. BMNH 1867.11.28.6. A simultaneous subjective synonym of Notopterus borneensis; first reviser is Bleeker (1851:437 [ref. 16897]), who selected borneensis. •Synonym of Chitala lopis (Bleeker 1851) -- (Roberts 1992:370 [ref. 20012]). •Synonym of Chitala borneensis (Bleeker 1851) -- (Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:147 [ref. 28284], Kottelat 2013:31 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Chitala borneensis (Bleeker 1851). Notopteridae: Notopterinae. Habitat: freshwater.

ornatus, Notopterus Gray [J. E.] 1831:16 [Zoological Miscellany [No. 1]; ref. 18154] Indian Seas. No types known. For nomenclatural remarks see Roberts 1992:373-374 [ref. 20012]. •Synonym of Notopterus chitala (Hamilton 1822) -- (Chen 2002:289 [ref. 26587]). •Valid as Chitala ornata (Gray 1831) -- (Roberts 1992:373 [ref. 20012], Rainboth 1996:56 [ref. 22772], Kottelat 1998:21 [ref. 23436], Fuller et al. 1999:33 [ref. 25838], Kottelat 2001:26 [ref. 25780], Nelson et al. 2004:59 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2005:8 [ref. 28940], Page & Burr 2011:145 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:59 [ref. 32708], Kottlet 2013:32 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2015:40 [ref. 33971], Robins et al. 2018:55 [ref. 35886], Taki et al. 2021:43 [ref. 39830], Chan et al. 2023:133 [ref. 40365], Jamandre 2023:172 [ref. 40455], Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2023:29 [ref. 40667], Page et al. 2023:58 [ref. 40505], Çiçek et al. 2024:35 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Chitala ornata (Gray 1831). Notopteridae: Notopterinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia; Mekong, Chao Phraya and Mae Klong River basins, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater.